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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 2022
No gov’t has done as much in TVET as NPP – VP Bawumia The commitment of the Akufo-Addo administration to the revamping and expansion of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is unmatched, Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has declared. This commitment has been manifested in various forms, from enactment of appropriate legislation, through the massive investments in the rehabilitation, refurbishment and provision of infrastructure in existing training institutions, construction of Stateof-the-art TVET institutions, and the rolling out of the Free TVET programme to complement the Free Senior High School (FSHS) programme, with many more in the offing. Speaking at a sod cutting ceremony for Phase One of the construction of 32 State of the Art TVET facilities at Abrankese, Greater Kumasi on Monday, 6th June 2022 Vice President Bawumia said “What we are witnessing today forms part of a broader government plan to make Ghana’s education system become responsive to industry needs. “At the start of our administration in 2017, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo set out a clear plan to industrialize Ghana and one of the key pillars of
that agenda is to revamp and modernize TVET so that it becomes responsive to the needs of industry. Also hinged on this vision is the dream to make TVET aspirational among the youth. “The President’s goal is to make Ghana a world-class centre for skills development and a leading country in technical and vocational education training (TVET) delivery in Africa and also make skills acquisition aspirational for all Ghanaians.” The NPP Government, Dr
Bawumia indicated, has worked over the past five years to improve on governance and management by establishing the Commission for TVET (CTVET) and the TVET Service through the passing of Act 1023 and Act 1049 respectively to enhance quality, expand access, and increase funding for TVET, while undertaking major upgrades in infrastructure. “This government’s commitment to transforming the TVET landscape is unmatched by any other government. In addition to these 32 new TVET institutions we are about to construct, Government has massively invested in TVET over the last five years. “These include the upgrading and modernization of all the erstwhile 34 National Vocational and Technical Institutes (NVTI); upgrading and modernization of Head Offices together with 10 Regional Offices; upgrading and modernization of 5 apprenticeship offices across the country, and upgrading and modernization of the Opportunity Industrialization Center in Accra comprising the construction, rehabilitation and equipping of laboratories, workshops, additional classrooms, hostels, administrative, two (2) new foundries and machining centers - one in CSIR (Accra) and the
other at KNUST, Kumasi to be inaugurated in Accra. “In addition, are new workshops (computer, electrical, electronic, building construction, mechanical); rehabilitation of buildings in two (2) Technical institutes (Abetifi and Don Bosco) and four (4) Senior High Technical Schools (Kyebi SHTS, Dagbon State SHTS, St. Georges SHTS and GSTS); construction of five (5) new District TVET centers of excellence ongoing with that of Anyinam and Pakyi No. 2 near completion while that of Assin Jakai in Central Region, Akomadan and Manso Abore in Ashanti Region will start soon. “Also, we have completed and inaugurated the rehabilitating and upgrading of ten (10) Technical Universities and thirteen (13) Technical Institutes which includes construction of new workshops/laboratories and supply and installation of equipment fit for disciplines in electrical and electronics engineering, welding technology, automotive maintenance, civil engineering, and mechanical engineering. “It is this government’s goal and objective to actively promote TVET and to ensure that it becomes the preferred choice of the Ghanaian youth.”
Japan Motors launches new Foton tractor head
Japan Motors Trading Company Ltd. ( JMTC), sole distributors of Foton range of vehicles, has launched the new Foton Auman GTL AMT (Automatic Mechanical Transmission) tractor heads with Cummins engine and ZF gearbox. Foton Auman AMT models, the most popular and successful in the Chinese market and its official launch is another historical milestone in the Ghanaian automobile industry by Japan
Motors. In a release issued by the company on June 3, it said the Foton brand, within the last 26 years of its introduction, has recorded a high mark sale with over 10,000,000 units across the globe, making it the number one selling brand in China. It said in 2007 and 2017, Foton established a joint venture with Cummins, the world’s high-standard diesel engine manufacturer, and ZF, the world’s most advanced gearbox
manufacturer, to build a super power chain. Launching the truck, the General Manager Sales & Marketing-JMTC, Amine Kabbara, said the Japan Motors Group was proud to see FOTON brand taking more and more market share and was becoming a trusted brand in the commercial vehicles sector. “The world today is shifting towards a more environmentally friendly, fuel efficient, easy drive and high-performing commercial vehicles. I am glad to say that all these points have been factored in the design of this new GTLAMT model which stand for “Global Technology Leader”, and “Automatic Mechanical transmission”, he said. He said the GTL truck was born out of a great partnership between Foton Motor Group, Cummins Incorporation, USA and ZF Group in Germany, to offer a total transportation solution to stakeholders within the transport and haulage sector. The West Africa Regional General Manager for Foton, Tommy Wen, said in the release that; “we bring
to the good people of Ghana the new generation of products and as leaders in commercial vehicle manufacturing in China, through years of research and development, testing and improvement, Foton came out with the New GTL, which is designed to match with the world’s top technology power chain on the new product platform, including Cummins Engine, ZF gearbox, axle and suspension”. He said the new GTL has seen a huge improvement in safety, fuel-saving efficiency, durable cost savings and comfortable for longer driving. He said before the official launching of the GTL to the market, Foton completed three years of tracking tests in Africa land, to ensure that its products could fully comply with the African and Ghana markets. “At the same time, with the assistance of Japan Motors, we have established sufficient spare parts reserves and good aftersales service support for our cherished customers,” he said.
